Improvement in journal-boxes for railway-cars



' A. L. RAPLEE.

Car-Axle Box.

' No. 107,408. A Patented Sept. 13,1370.

UNITED STATES PATENT QFFIGE.

ABIJAH L. RAPLEE, OF EDWIN, ASSIGNOR TO CARRIE R. LAYMAN, OF PAINTEDPOST, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN JOURNAL-BOXES FOR RAILWAY-CARS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 107,408, datedSeptember 13, 1870.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ABIJAH L. RAPLEE, of Edwin, in the county of Steubenand State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in theJ ournal-Boxes of Railway-Oars; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full and exact description thereof, reference being hadto the accompanying drawing, which forms a portion of thisspecification.

Figure 1 of said drawing is a vertical section of my improvedjournal-box, and also of the journal portion of a car-axle in its properposition within said box; and Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the oilingportion of said journal-box detached therefrom.

My invention consists of an improvement upon that class of journal-boxeswhose internal arrangements are such that the oil is continuouslyelevated and applied to the under surface of the axle-journals by. meansof pivoted rollers that are forced upward by springs into close contactwith said journals, while the lower portions of said rollers areimmersed in the oil in the journal-boxes.

My improvement consists in placing the oiling-roller 0, itspivot-bearings g g, and elevatin g-springs h h all within an independentframe, d eff, of such shape and proportions that it will readily fitinto the usual sizes and shapes of journal-boxes, so that when anyaccident shall happen to an oiling-roller or to its bearings the saidroller and its supporting-frame can be quickly removed from the box, andtheir place be instantly supplied by aperfect oiling-roller and itssupporting-frame,

thereby guarding against loss of time, and insuring at all timesperfectly-operating journal-boxes.

The drawing represents the roller-supporting frame as composed of theheads 01 e and the side bars, ff, slits being formed in said heads forthe reception of the springs h h and the pivot-bearings g g of theoiling-roller 0; but I do not limit myself to any precise shape of saidroller-supporting frame, nor to any precise method of constructing thesame, provided its shape and construction be such as will enable it tosecurely hold the pivot-bearings of the oiling-roller and theiractuatingsprings, and enable said frame to be readily inserted into orremoved from a journal-box.

The plate B within the journal-box should be of such size, shape, andweight as will enable it to securely hold the rollersupporting frame inits proper position within said box.

Having thus fully described my improx'ement in the journal-boxes ofrailway-cars, what I claim therein as my invention, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-- In combination with an oiling roller, 0, whichis provided with sprin g-actuated pivotbearings g g, and is frictionallyrotated by and with the axle-journal, an independent and re movablesupporting-frame, cl 6 f f, constructed substantially as described, andfor the purpose specified.

ABIJ AH L. RAPLEE.

Vitnesses SAML. ERWIN, AMELIA HAMMOND.

